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Plastic Made From Fruit Rivals Kevlar In Strength
jldailey618 writes "A group of scientists from Sao Paulo State University developed a way to use the nanocellulose fibers from bananas, pineapples, and other fruits to create incredibly strong, lightweight plastics. The plastic is up to four times stronger and 30 percent lighter than petroleum-based plastics, and it rivals Kevlar — the material used in bullet proof vests — in strength."
The material they banned was industrial hemp.
Technically, no. Your pothead buddy claimed that DuPont got hemp banned - a favorite lie of hippies and other assorted idiots. Also, industrial hemp isn't technically banned, even in the US - you can get a permit to grow it (it's just really hard to get one).
They made it illegal to grow it under the guise of going after marijuana. Even though you could set an entire field of industrial hemp on fire and not get high they still managed to get it and marijuana covered under the same law and banned.
That's a bit of a red-herring. Nobody ever suggested you could smoke hemp - the issue was that hemp fields made the ideal hiding spot for pot cultivation. Right now they get hidden in corn-fields and such, but tend to be relatively easy to spot from the air; you could grow millions of dollars worth of marijuana in a hemp field, and nobody would know unless they did a detailed ground-level inspection.
Note that I'm generally in favor of legalizing marijuana - I'm just apposed to lies and distortions.
Not sure what planet your from, but nothing is banned.
So you agree with what I said, then ask me what planet I'm from. How many bowls have you smoked today?
They purposely made it seem that it was marijuana they were trying to get contolled, when it was actually hemp they wanted out of the picture.
lol. Yeah. And Larry Silverstein blew up the world trade center. Have another joint!
You an find all the info, include actual copies of official documents on how this happened here: http://www.jackherer.com/thebook/ [jackherer.com]
Sorry, don't have time to flip through another pothead conspiracy-theory book. Feel free to paste some excerpts.
Oh, and i like to point out, yes, it was Dupont.
[citation needed]
(no, not another pothead site. if you can't at least get wikipedia on your side, you should give up.)